The New ELR (Don’t Leave Me, Please)

briana

Jenna, Ive followed your blog and love your self discovery its awesome and what happens to us in our twenties. Congrats and i love reading no matter what!

Camille

I like the new ELR idea!
Please consider me a loyal reader no matter what changes you make!

Jennifer

Life would be boring if we never grew and expanded our horizons. I’m looking forward to seeing the new changes and seeing where this new outlook will take you!

Jessica @ How Sweet It Is

I am glad! I am not really a fan of product reviews or daily eats. I think this is much more of your own personality and I love it Jenna!

Shannon

I look forward to what is to come on this blog. I love everything you write and you will have many loyal followers who support you in whatever you do!

Estela @ Weekly Bite

The twenties are all about self-discovery. Once you hit our thirties you start to slowly fine tune the person you have come to love.

I’m so happy to hear about the new direction of your blog 🙂

Kamaile

Awesome. You are one of the 4 blogs I check every morning and sometimes evening too! Texas represent! Hey Ya’ll! 🙂

Staceyhttp://stacey-healthylife.blogspot.com/

I’ll stick with you. I will miss your healthy eating recaps but will enjoy all the cooking, tips, and pictures to come. We all must grow and I think the revamp will be more fitting for who you are now.

Jenny

I’m totally on board with this! (not that I haven’t always loved your blog) but you are so full of life and creativity, can’t wait for more! 🙂

Ramona

Change is good! I’m excited to see the new posts. I just hope you’re not changing in response to comments on your blog. You can’t please everyone, so focus on being true to yourself. I read through your older posts. It’s cool to see how your writing has evolved. Good job!

theemptynutjar

No need to explain your direction. Just take it where it takes you. You are lucky to not be confined. I feel restricted in what I write I admit because some people just react to things completely wrong. Harmless thoughts and musings are looked at completely the wrong way. It is too bad because it ultimately means I have to either write little or nothing. It seems to be coming to that anyway. I wish everyone could try to be comfortable with their own minds/lives and stop the paranoia/need for drama that is just a creation of their own minds.

Marisa @ Loser for Life

Change is a great thing! Looking forward to all the delicious recipes you’ll be sharing!

Erin

I’m really looking forward to these changes — you’ll be doing more of what I really enjoy reading, which is interest pieces that go beyond ‘and then I ate a handful of cereal.’

Suzanne de Cornelia

Creativity and growth is the nature of the universe as it should be with ourselves–otherwise we stagnate. ALWAYS fun to see what you do next–and look forward to ELR 2.0 when it’s ready to be unveiled!!

I love recipes! Did you know that picnics (and our word for picnic) originated in France? And in Provence esp fabulous picnics. I’m doing an end of summer picnic. Serving traditional Provencal dishes, including Pan Bagnat–you’d probably like! Here’s a recipe: http://tinyurl.com/npt7ze

Megan

Jenna– Yours was the first blog I found, and it lead me to much reading about food, running, and general love of life. It is great to see you expand and transform and get to go on that journey with you! Your writing is always heartfelt– be that serious or fun, and I much appreciate that. After following you for sometime, I started my own blog, and love what joy that has brought to me. Keep up the great work!

Allison

i’m so excited for all of the above! looking forward to the new ELR 🙂

Tess

I’ve been reading religiously since the beginning of this summer, and I just wanted to let you know that I’ll definitely keep reading just as avidly! Your attitude toward food is admirable, enviable, and, as far as I’m concerned, 100% healthy. Everyone should be so fortunate! I’ll be looking forward to all your future posts and celebrations of the joy that is food!

P.S. I was born in Santa Rosa! We left when I was really young, but reading your blog makes me wish we’d stayed longer!

Kali

So excited for you and I really like where you’re going with this! Can’t wait to see the new design too!

Laine

Fun! I love your blog because it it not endless bowls of oatmeal and smoothies that look like vomit!

Can’t wait to read about your adventures!

And I love the travel part.

Brittany

I’ll always be a reader Jenna!! And, I like the new direction you are planning to take ELR – especially the photography and recipe piece of it. I’m already excited for the first ELR 2.0 post!

Cyndi

PS … name change? Wouldn’t hurt to reidentify

Nora@LifeLifeEatRight

I read your blog for all of those things! I would read no matter what but socially awkward moments, musings and recipes define my life and I love reading about yours! …and hopefully wine will still be included 🙂

Jaime

Girl, I’m in my thirties and have a similar situation. I can identify with your changes and look forward to ELR 2.0.

Annie@stronghealthyfit

I will keep reading! You are a talented writer and chef, I’ll look forward to what you have in store 🙂

Laura

I love the new direction – definitely something I can relate to more. I like to eat healthy and exercise, but life would just not be the same without bread, pizza, pasta, wine, and dessert. Hooray for celebrating food and life!

Kait

Yes! I fully support this change! I find myself wanting to do this more and more with my own blog. I live a healthy lifestyle, but sometimes I feel like I don’t want to post a “not so healthy” meal…who cares, I agree we should celebrate food and I look forward to the food celebrations you have ready for us 🙂

Pure2Raw Twins

Love the changes Jenna! I think the new ELR will be great 🙂 Very excited for your next journey!!

Logan

It wouldn’t bother me to still get to see what you eat every day. That is fun for me! I’m not saying you have to capture every bite, but when you have something yummy, give us a peek! Gives us great ideas!

Mo@MommyRD

Good for you!!!! There are way to many boring “food diary and exercise diary” blogs. Musings, celebration of food, and recipes are much more interesting. Good for you!

Sahar

I love how you’re growing and the blog is a reflection of that. It’s actually pretty inspiring and makes me want to move towards more self-discovery in my own life as I approach my mid-twenties (whoa scary! haha). Your blog is my favorite and the new ELR sounds really fun. I support it 100%!

Deva (Voracious Vorilee)

I am loving the new direction you are going in. It’s fun to read your recipe posts and your posts about your life in general. It’s refreshing and authentic

Nicole

Why won’t you share your daily exercise habits anymore? Is that not part of a healthy living blog? Especially one called eat live RUN.

Marie

I really, really love your blog and this new direction. It seems like you’ve been headed this way for a while. I actually stopped reading for a bit because I was getting tired of all the popular bloggers doing food reviews and started searching for others to read. I started regularly reading again a few weeks ago and I’m re-hooked! You seriously have a great personality and outlook on life, and I’m so glad you’re letting that shine through!

stephreyn85

Do you. LOVE IT!

Lindsay

You are an amazing writer, cook, baker, and friend. I think you can tell from all of the comments you have recieved on this blog, you can tell NO ONE is going to leave you. I am so excited that you are going to be focusing on products that you LOVE and you purchase, because that means you will give the true review on the product. I have been reading since the beginning and I check in everyday and will keep checking in and cant wait to buy the book!! 🙂

Amber K

I am a newer reader, and I love everything about your blog! The changes sound good to me!

Lauren

I love your blog, Jenna! I have been reading it since last fall and so appreciate your honesty, openness and down-to-earth personality. That and all the tasty food you eat 🙂 Thanks for keepin’ it real and showering us with yummy recipes and more places to add to my list of places I want to go. Can’t wait to see more from you 🙂

Katherine

Love your blog, love your pictures, love the food philosophy and I LOVE the recipes! I support this! Keep up the awesome work.

Hannah

I know this won’t mean much when you already have a bazillion readers out here in the world, but I just wanted to say how much I’m overjoyed by your blog transition and your new/current way of approaching life and blogging. I actually used to read your blog religiously a year or so ago, but made myself stop because I was realising that the myriad “healthy living blogs” that simple listed what people ate everyday and how much they exercised weren’t doing my well-being any favours. (And this is NOT a criticism of you, at all! Simply a choice I had to make for my own sanity.)

A few weeks ago I started checking in here again, and I was pleasantly surprised at the slightly different, happiers, broader tone of your blog. You seem so joyful and at peace with where you are and who you are right now, and that’s something I want to support and hear about 🙂

My own blog is a mix of recipes/travel/idiotic things I’ve done/adventures/restaurant meals/snack/thoughts, and I so love finding people with a similar “rounded” approach to life. I hop none of this sounds hoity-toity or self-serving… really what I want to say is I love how happy you are in your life and I can’t wait to join in again as someone rooting for you from the sidelines 🙂

Abbie

Yay Jenna 🙂

Sarah

So I’m a long-term reader…. and dude, your blog is so much more fun to read than some others out there that do the typical, photograph-every-chip-i-eat, thing. Your writing voice is hilarious and genuine, and although it has changed, as people have said, it’s for the better x 10000.
In conclusion- I’m not going anywhere 🙂

Michelle in Alaska

Jenna,
LOVE where you are taking your blog. I am so glad that you are not getting into the whole sponsored-review-on-the-blog for-free biznass!!! nothing fun about having it shoved in your face when you don’t even ask for it!
I have been reading you since the beginning and I have loved your carefree spirit and the totally random trips and directions you go! You lead a fun and interesting life 😛

Julia @ Brit Bride

Exciting stuff – the new blog will focus on the bits of your blog I love the most!

Julia

polly

LOVE LOVE LOVE.
That is whay I call your blog. 🙂

Love YOU.
Hugs from the prairie. 😛 XOXOXOXO

Lucinda

Yay for no more sponsored stuff. Seriously love your blog!

Christena

I love the new direction you are taking your blog! I love and benefit from “healthy living blogs,” but to be totally honest, I just do not get the “here’s what I ate & drank today” blogs that photograph every.single.meal and snack and list how much of it they ate! I think it is bizarre sometimes. When I look at those blogs, I skim over the food “reporting” to find something of substance, like recipes or the actual thoughts/experiences/advice of the blogger. I much prefer recipes + stories versus lists of “my salad/oatmeal/cereal contained…” Another thing you do not do is post thousands of pictures of yourself, including random self-portraits holding an apple or a protein bar, etc. I guess what I am trying to say is that your blog has substance and I like it. It has developed into a writing blog instead of a diary/food report. I think this sets it apart from most all of the other blogs out there. Keep up the great work!

AshleyH

I am sooo glad you are doing this Jenna this is definitely the right move!! I am so proud of you!

Amanda

I love that you embrace your social awkwardness, a girl after my own heart. 😉 I could never leave you, you’re too damn fun to read (about)!

Ashley

I think that your new ideas are great, but I still really enjoyed hearing about your fitness ventures since your blog IS called “Eat, Live, Run.” It includes fitness and I would really hope you still include some fitness activities in your blog posts since it’s all a part of living a healthy lifestyle. I also enjoyed seeing what you ate everyday. I mean, recipes DO help your readers, but it’s great to see the small snacks or the meals you make because to be honest, I base my meals/recipes off your “what I ate today” pictures than anything else. Seeing the photos helps generate more ideas with food. I would hope that you would include some of these factors a little in your blog. I will still follow regardless, but I know that was a huge reason why my friends and I followed your blog.

Cynthia (It All Changes)

Being open to change and your life changes is amazing. Finding who you are for that time and place in your life is awesome. I’m loving all the fun now so keep it coming 🙂

Courtney

Woot woot! I’ll still be reading!

Erin

I’m excited about more recipes!

Allison K

I know that everyone has already said it all, but I wanted to throw my hat in the “good for you” ring. I love the new direction. After reading the “big” blogs for 3 plus years, I usually skip over the daily eats and exercises anyway. I think moving this direction is a much more sustainable way to blog.

Lisa D

I am definitely going to miss the “what I ate today” and the posts about exercise. I started reading this blog to find out about healthy foods/recipes that I may not have know about and for inspiration/motivation to keep on running. I am a 100% supporter of “everything in moderation” and the celebration of food – but that wasn’t why I started reading this blog.

All that being said, I won’t stop reading, I still think you’re an amazing writer and have a great “I’ll try anything once” attitude, I’ll just have to look elsewhere for my health food/exercise inspiration.

Jaime

Awesome! Hooray for changes – I think changing is what happens all the time in life, not just your 20s! I will definitely keep reading – I love your blog. But I do like hearing about your exercising – it keeps me motivated!

ElizabethMDS

Love it, Jenna! Keep it coming!

Paj

Just enjoy the journey and focus on your interests. Readers are more likely to stay when they know you are being true to yourself.

elise

dear jenna, this makes me so happy. your food philosophy and musing are why i started reading your blog so long ago. i enjoy your recipes and gorgeous photography and even though im mostly vegan, i still get so much from your bacon filled posts. i hate to admit it (bc it sounds mean), but some of the things you are now leaving behind (plugging, advertising, etc.) are some of the reasons i stopped reading for a while. it may seem hypocritical since i do have opensky, but ive pretty much stopped working with them at this point because it got to be a headache and wasnt why i started blogging in the first place. i am really really REALLY looking forward to the new ELR.
my best, elise

Natalie (The Sweets Life)

I realize I’m comment #243 and they probably all say the same up there, but YAY…this is awesome and I can’t wait to keep reading 🙂

Jennifer @ Frost Bites

I love your blog! ‘am looking forward to the change!

Jaqui

Food should be celebrated! Congrats on the change and the ever-evolving self descovery!!

Rachael

I think that honoring personal evolution in all respects of life is healthy, and why should one’s blog be any different? The new direction seems like it will allow you to continue to grow as a writer, and maintain integrity and authenticity while doing so; I think these are two of the most important entities to remain true to. I especially respect that there is risk involved with this decision, but I think that your readers will continue to eat up your words!

Emily

I am so excited that you’re going to be emphasizing the best bits of your blog and cutting out the more corporate stuff. I’ve stopped reading so many blogs in the past due to otherwise reading a review of the same yogurt 16 times, and I love seeing the food you get to eat in California, and reading your recipes. I’ll look forward to more!

Kendel @ Eating Abroad

I’m so excited for your changes! Where you’re heading is in the same direction as what I’m interested in reading. I’m sure I’m not alone in these feelings. The old is good but the new will be even better.

Beth @ DiningAndDishing

I really love it Jenna :). Way to embrace change! And I am SOOOOO glad this won’t turn into yet another product placement blog.

Katharine (MealMuse)

Hi Jenna,
I’ve been following your blog almost since you started and I’m so impressed with how it has evolved (writing, photography, focus, etc.). I can so relate to so much of it (changes and all) because I, too, am a twenty-something who changes everyday! I’m also really inspired by all that you do. Thanks for always being so authentic.

-Katharine

Aisha

I think I truly love your new blogging style and please carry on writing what makes you happy as it is wonderful to read.

Isiah Hepp

wow thats mint